…businesses, and the time and costs associated with merely complying with the tax code are impeding American prosperity. Farming is a complex enterprise, as even the smallest operations know, so…
Culver’s Restaurants Celebrating Farmers with Corn Mazes
…joined together to show support for farmers and the future of farming over the past few years, with 12 corn mazes announced this year. The idea for growing messages of…
Agri View: Costly Disaster Year
…it this way. ‘Disaster’, he said, ‘is part of ranching. Be prepared to move out.’ Strong words. But obviously words of a strong foundation. Yes, 2017 has been a bad…
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
…farming than conventional crops, such as wheat or corn,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “NIFA investments in specialty crop research provide high-tech solutions to the needs of farmers and processors….
Hydroponics Advantages – Disadvantages
…– Disadvantages While there are plenty of advantages of Hydroponic farming, especially for anyone living in small spaces and wanting to grow their own veggies indoors, there are certainly a…
Impending Avocado Production Uptick Due to Drought Impacts
…doesn’t mean growers are farming more land. “We see sort of a rejuvenation of the industry, if you will, not really an increase in acreage,” he said. The commission agrees…
Agri View: Drought and Farming
Everett Griner talks about drought and farming in the United States in today’s Agri View. Drought and Farming Now, everybody knows what a drought is. It is something that affects…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…designed to keep farmers farming there. However, one Marin County turkey farmer is fighting for the right to retire from farming. Willie Benedetti, owner and president of Benedetti Farms and…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…to serve as Chairman for the 2017/2018 Program Year. LaCour is a cotton producer from Morganza, Lousiana. As General Manager of the farming partnership GNG Farms, LaCour has overseen production…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…now controls one in four pigs in the United States. Five multinational corporations—soon to merge to just three—dominate the market for seeds and fertilizer. “Contract farming” pushes families deep into…
Not All Ag Groups Happy with Direction of NAFTA Talks
…a thorough, independent evaluation of NAFTA’s economic, social, environmental and governance impacts,” adding “the new NAFTA should support local farming communities. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Update: Landowner Settles Wetlands Case
…to what can happen to any farming company in America.” Several Duarte Nursery employees also spoke, discussing what losing their jobs would mean to them. “John would have preferred to…
Food and Farm Facts Book
…in the new Food and Farm Facts book by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. The book offers consumers a look at facts about farming and food production. The…
Agri View: Export Trade
Everett Griner talks about the export trade in America in today’s Agri View. Export Trade Every grade school child is taught that farming feeds us. I don’t suppose they are…